The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
volgaricus -a -um, volgensis -is -e from the River Volga, Russia<br />
Volkameria, volkameri, volkamerianus -a -um for Johann Georg Volkamer<br />
(1662–1744), writer on the flora of Nuremberg<br />
volubilis -is -e spinning; entwining, enveloping, volubilis<br />
volucris -s -e resembling a small winged insect, volucris<br />
volutaris -is -e, volutus -a -um with rolled leaves, rolled, voluto, volutare<br />
Volvariella Small-volva (the bag-like remnant of the veil, on the stipe)<br />
Volvox Turner or Roller, volvo, volvere, volvi, volvutum (locomotion)<br />
vomeformis -is -e, vomiformis -is -e shaped like ploughshares, vomer, vomis<br />
vomeraceus -a -um ploughshare-like, vomer, vomis (flower shape)<br />
vomerculus -a -um like a small ploughshare, vomer, vomis (diminutive of vomer)<br />
vomerensis -is -e from Vomero, Naples, Italy<br />
vomitorius -a -um causing regurgitation, of vomiting, emetic, vomo, vomere, vomui,<br />
vomitum<br />
Vonitra the Madagascan vernacular name for Vonitra fibrosa<br />
-vorus -a -um devouring, eating, voro, vorare, voravi, voratum<br />
Vossia commemorative attribution uncertain<br />
Vouacapoua a S American vernacular name, wacapou, for Vouacapoua americana<br />
Voyria a French Guianan vernacular name for the ghost plant<br />
Vriesia for Willem Hendrik de Vriese (1806–62), Dutch physician and botanist,<br />
professor at Leiden<br />
Vrydagzynea for <strong>The</strong>odore Daniel Vrydag Zynen, Dutch pharmacist<br />
vulcanicolus -a -um living on volcanic soils, vulcanus-colo<br />
vulcanicus -a -um, vulcanorus -a -um fiery, of volcanoes or volcanic soils, for Vulcan<br />
the god of fire<br />
vulgaris -is -e, vulgatus -a -um usual, of the crowd, common, vulgar<br />
vulnerans wounding, present participle of vulnero, vulnerare, vulneravi, vulneratum<br />
vulnerarius -a -um of wounds, vulnus, vulneris (wound-healing property) (kidney<br />
vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria, was commended by Lyte for renal problems)<br />
vulnerus -a -um marked, wounded, vulnus a wound<br />
vulparia fox-bane (vulpes the fox) (Turner used an earlier Latin, lycoctonum, to<br />
produce the name, wolf’s-bane, for Aconitum vulparia)<br />
Vulpia, Vulpiella for Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760–1846), German botanist and<br />
pharmacist of Pforzheim<br />
vulpinoideus -a -um Vulpia-like (fescue-like)<br />
vulpinus -a -um fox-like, of the fox, vulpes, (colouration, shape of an inflorescence,<br />
inferiority)<br />
vulvaria cleft, of the vulva, volva, volvae; vulva, vulvae (Durante’s name refers to the<br />
smell of Chenopodium vulvaria)<br />
Vvedenskya, Vvedenskyella for Aleksandr Ivanovich Vvedensky (1904–41), Russian<br />
reformist cleric and philosopher<br />
Wachendorfia for Evert Jacob van Wachendorf (1702–58), Dutch physician,<br />
Professor of Botany at Utrecht<br />
wagenerianus -a -um for M. Wagener (1813–60), German collector in tropical<br />
America<br />
Wahlenbergia for Georg Wahlenberg (1780–1851), Professor of Botany at Uppsala<br />
and author of Flora Lapponica (1812)<br />
wakefieldii for Reverend Thomas Wakefield (1836–1901), collector in E tropical<br />
Africa<br />
Walafrida for Walafrid Strabo (808–849), Benedictine Abbot at Reichenau, author<br />
of Liber de cultura hortorum (830)<br />
Waldsteinia, waldsteinii For Count Franz de Paula Adam Waldstein-Wartenburg<br />
(1759–1823), Austrian botanist and writer<br />
Walkera for Dr Richard Walker (1679–1764), founder of the Cambridge Botanic<br />
Garden<br />
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